Hand Preference in an Italian Sample
- 1 December 1983
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Perceptual and Motor Skills
- Vol. 57 (3_suppl) , 1039-1042
- https://doi.org/10.2466/pms.1983.57.3f.1039
Abstract
A hand-preference questionnaire was administered to 1694 Italian adults. Analysis indicates no relationship of sex and handedness and a percentage of 6.4 left-handers. The difference in percentage of left-handers across different populations is discussed in terms of cultural differences.This publication has 14 references indexed in Scilit:
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